Awalu Surname
Approximately 19,712 people bear this surname
Awalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19,396 | 1:9,133 | 1,008 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Awalu (22,688) may also be a first name.
Awalu Demographics
Awalu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Awalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awalu (Marathi: अवाळू) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awalu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awalu is the 27,258th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 369,701 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awalu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 34,370th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 22,688 people.
Awalu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 19,396 people, or 1 in 9,133. In Nigeria Awalu is most numerous in: Kano, where 26 percent live, Sokoto, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Awalu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awalu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awalu in the Marathi language | ||
| अवाळू | avalu | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Awalu
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